Facing injuries to Giancarlo Stanton, DJ LeMahieu, Gerrit Cole and Luis Gil, the New York Yankees will take any good news that they can, especially after losing Juan Soto to the New York Mets during the offseason.
New York Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will require Tommy John surgery and will miss the entire 2025 MLB season, the team announced Monday. Over the weekend, Cole admitted he was "concerned" about the elbow after feeling discomfort following his Feb.
Yankees ace Gerrit Cole will undergo Tommy John surgery on Tuesday, the team announced Monday night. The news comes after Cole visited Dr. Neal ElAttrache, who will perform the operation, in Los Angeles on Monday.
The DH arrived for spring training with what manager Aaron Boone that day described as "tennis elbow," which Stanton said was "tears in your tendon."
This will be the second straight season Cole’s elbow forces an extended absence, but the Yankees’ ace won’t be returning midseason this time around.
Gerrit Cole 's season is over, now that he is headed for Tommy John surgery, and the New York Yankees will have to find a way to replicate the production of a Cy Young Award-winning pitcher, someone who is likely to one day make a speech on induction day in Cooperstown.
For the second consecutive spring, Yankees ace Gerrit Cole has traveled to Los Angeles to seek an additional opinion from Dr. Neal ElAttrache regarding the state of the right-hander’s elbow.